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How the Cart-Recovery Sequence Effectiveness gate works
How the Cart-Recovery Sequence Effectiveness Gate grades a flow: seven weighted levers into a 0–100 score, and a single-message gate where a one-email flow is capped at DORMANT no matter how high it scores — which is how a 78 still fails.
How the gate works
This tool grades an abandoned-cart recovery flow. Each control is marked from your own evidence and weighted into a 0–100 score — and then the score is run past a gate that can only make the verdict worse.
The 7 weighted controls
| Signal | Weight |
|---|---|
| Sequence depth | 22 |
| Timing & cadence | 20 |
| Dynamic cart contents | 16 |
| Discount discipline | 12 |
| Mobile rendering | 12 |
| Deliverability & inbox | 10 |
| Purchase & opt-out suppression | 8 |
| Total | 100 |
The verdict bands
A one-message cart-recovery flow is capped at DORMANT no matter how high it scores — the depth gap is too big for message-craft to close, regardless of the score.
In the worked sample it scores 78 out of 100 and still reads DORMANT — The flow scores 78 — every lever dialed in, an OPTIMIZED number. But it's a single-message flow: sequence depth is zero. One email leaves the bulk of recoverable revenue on the table, so the gate caps it at DORMANT. Message-craft can't close a depth gap that big. The one thing to fix first: Sequence depth — add messages: a 3-touch flow (warm reminder, value/proof, final nudge) recovers materially more than one..
Common questions
Can something score well on the How the Cart-Recovery Sequence Effectiveness gate works and still fail?
Yes. The weighted score is run past a worsen-only gate — the Single-message — that can only make the verdict worse. In the worked sample it scores 78 out of 100 and still reads DORMANT, because the flow scores 78 — every lever dialed in, an OPTIMIZED number. But it's a single-message flow: sequence depth is zero. One email leaves the bulk of recoverable revenue on the table, so the gate caps it at DORMANT. Message-craft can't close a depth gap that big.
What is a worsen-only gate?
A dispositive rule that can only lower a verdict, never raise it. One fatal flaw overrides an otherwise-good score, because a single disqualifying gap shouldn't hide behind a high average. The tool also names the one thing to fix first — here, "Sequence depth — add messages: a 3-touch flow (warm reminder, value/proof, final nudge) recovers materially more than one.".
Score and verdict come from your marks; the upside uses your own numbers. Grades the flow, not people.
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